Trouble Don't Last

Shelley Pearsall

earliest edition we have, 2001 Turtleback Books, 2003

Eleven-year-old Samuel was born as Master Hackler's slave, and working the Kentucky farm is the only life he's ever known--until one dark night in 1859, that is. With no warning, cranky old Harrison, a fellow slave, pulls Samuel from his bed and, together, they run. The journey north seems much more frightening than Master Hackler ever was, and Samuel's not sure what freedom means aside from running, hiding, and star...

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Trouble Don't Last edition · 2008 · Random House Children's Books · 9780307548306
Trouble Don't Last. edition · 2003 · YEARLING · 9780440418115
Trouble Don't Last edition · 2003 · Turtleback Books · 9780613857062
Trouble Don't Last edition · 2002 · Random House Books for Young Readers · 160 pages
Trouble Don't Last edition · 2001 · San Val · 239 pages · 9780756915353

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